Mozambique - TC Freddy 2023
2024-02 Factsheet - Mozambique - TC Freddy 2023
Highlights
During the 2023 Mozambique was affected by several situations that put the people in a vulnerable condition
Cholera floods and cyclones affected more than 1M people in most of the provinces of Mozambique at the same time.
By the end of the year, the Shelter Cluster focused its activities on supporting local authorities parceling and constructing emergency shelters (IOM) for up to 500 households in Sofala. Training on safer reconstruction and adequate use of tarpaulins were also provided (CARE) in Zambezia province, where women heads of families were prioritized, about a 60% of the total (1,500 people).
In July 2023, the UNHCR Office in Nampula, which covers the provinces of Nampula, Niassa and Zambezia, respectively, conducted a distribution of CRI kits to a total of 510 Malawian HHs, mostly from the Ngotangota community, Zomba district, who are currently residing in Malaia village, Mozambique, because of Cyclone Freddy.
World Vision, the IFRC, and the Mozambique Red Cross (with support from the French Red Cross and PIROI) also focused their relief activities in Zambezia province, the most affected one. Effective coordination avoided duplications in the delivery of the assistance, allowing to help more people, particularly in hard-to-reach areas.
NFI
Shelter
Need analysis
Due to the heavy impact of the climatological events most of the needs were around ensuring a safe shelter and having enough non-food items to recover what was lost. More than 700,00 people were directly affected by the damage of their houses partial or total and more than 184,000 people were registered in accommodation centers.
Response
The Shelter & NFI assistance in 2023 in response to climatological events such as floods, storms, and cyclones was implemented in 31 districts of 7 provinces (more than 60% of the country). In terms of the type of response, all 5 partners provided NFI assistance, and 4 of the 5 addressed shelter as well, providing shelter supplies, training, and emergency shelter constructions.
The disaggregation of the assistance had the following estimated figures: Men 45% _ Women 55% _ People under 18 years 57% and about 5% of elderly people
The overall response provided allowed to reach a about 69,235 people, estimating a final gap of 84% of the initial goal of 438k people targeted.
Most of the SC partners developed their response activities using their own resources, such as CARE, World Vision, UNHCR and the Mozambique Red Cross supported by the French Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Gaps / challenges
Funding through CERF only covered a 13% of the financial requirement (1.3M over 9.8M) through only one shelter cluster partner, the conflict protracted crisis in the north of the country also influenced negatively the humanitarian response since there´s a consensus to avoid moving existing stocks in the north to other provinces.
Access, a month after the disaster, several areas were still unreachable for the government and humanitarian actors, capacity A large area of the country was affected by the floods and the tropical cyclone Freddy, eight of eleven provinces. Shelter Cluster partners faced challenges to provide assistance in all the affected areas mainly due to lack of physical presence and resources. Damaged roads also influenced the supply chain generating delays on goods arrival to the most affected provinces, specially Zambezia.
Information The challenges to reach several affected areas and the interruption of communications services and energy caused by the cyclone, limited access to accurate information to measure the impact and prioritize interventions
Cholera outbreak In September of 2022 a cholera outbreak started to spread in the country and by the beginning of May about 29.000 cases had already been reported including 131 deaths in 50 districts of 7 provinces. After TC Freddy second landfall by Zambezia province, the most affected one, reported more than 1,000 new cases in 4 days, this was also influenced due to the interruption of the water service for up to a week. Humanitarian actors had to orientate existing resources to assist those affected by the sudden spread of the disease.
Materials, a lack of capacity in the local markets to provide Shelter and NFIs supplies in terms of quantities/quality/standards forced humanitarian actors to import goods, generating noticeable delays in the assistance.
It´s important to note that the Government of Mozambique did not declare the "State of Emergency" at any moment.
